 We hope all of you are having a very Merry Christmas from Babitos. Merry Christmas, babe. Merry Christmas. Wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas. Wish you a Merry Christmas. And a Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Wish you a Merry Christmas. And a Happy New Year. What are you eating? I'm eating turkey. First time ever eating turkey in my life. Since it's first time you're eating turkey, that's your Christmas gift. Thank you. I love it. I'm glad she loves the Christmas gift. So what is happening today? I just want to show you how Christmas feels like in Babitos. It's my first time in here and I want to share this experience with you. I've been invited for a church service and I'm late. I'm late because she has to use 50 hours for makeup. How long did it take you for that makeup? I didn't even do really good makeup because I was being brushed. This is what I go through every day. If I'm supposed to go out at 8, I go out at 9. Because she has to do that makeup. I'm sorry. Anyway, I've been invited for a church service. I'm just going to have a quick breakfast and head out. The car is waiting for us outside to come along with us. This is just more like a fun vlog day with my wife in the streets of Babitos. Just get to see how the people of Babitos celebrate Christmas. Welcome to Babitos. Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart to you all. But one thing that you need to know is that don't just celebrate this day all by yourself. Cook some food, go out there and go give to the people that needs the food. Or if you think you cannot cook, go out there and go share some money out there. I mean, if you don't have money, go share gifts. If you don't have gifts, share this video to your friends and family. As a way of wishing them a merry Christmas. But it seems he's the one enjoying the Christmas more than all of us. Why are you wearing red red? It's just an African attire. African attire? And the color that I like. Wow. Anyway, you look good babe. Thank you. Is that your Christmas outfit? It's my Christmas outfit. It's not in the color of Christmas but it's African. And you know we represent Africa all the way. Okay, so it seems that I'm the only one who is not wearing his Christmas outfit. And what is African? I'm just wearing something. Anyway, we are on our way to Queen's Park. When you go to the Caribbean, everything is about the Queen. When I was in train of that, Queen's Park. And I'm in Barbados and I'm still hearing another Queen's Park. So the festive season is happening at Queen's Park. So come along with us. And as soon as we get there, I will let you know what's happening. Is Christmas so special to Belgians? Christmas is a very special occasion to Belgians. Because Belgians are part of a Christian society. And they are actually believing in Christ. So yes, for us, we celebrate on this day. And not only celebrate but many years have become a very big tradition. In terms of Christmas here in Barbados. Okay, so are you a Christian yourself? Well yes, I'm a Christian, I'm a firm believer. But I haven't been to church in a while. But that still doesn't mean that I'm not a believer. In the more side. Yes, I am. I'm taking you to church today then. No problem. I even go to church. We made it. Ah, that's the woman for the last time. Hi. Nice to see you. Nice to see you all again. Tell me your training. Miss Trudy. Trudy. Hi, Merry Christmas. How are you celebrating this day? Yeah, I'm just going to have some lunch. Lunch? What? Stay in bed. Stay in bed? What? It's Christmas, you don't have to stay in bed. You don't have to watch Home Alone. Alright, Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. So you're going to have lunch with us today? Definitely. Wow, look at that. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. So, Marsha? Yeah. I've been in Nigeria for 40 years. 40 years in Nigeria? Yeah. You're now in Nigeria? I am in Nigeria. Which part of Nigeria were you staying? I lived mainly in Lagos. Lagos. I was also in Bouchie. Oh, Bouchie. I went to Port Harcourt because last time my son is based as an electronics engineer there. Wow. How was life in Nigeria? At that time it was beautiful. Because that was prior to the independence. It was just as the Colonials were going out and it was beautiful. It was clean. It was peaceful. And then of course we discovered oil. And that was a curse. It brought everything to us. Oil should not have been a curse. But it was a curse. And then of course you had the Civil War. Then you had the various schools. And I lived through all that. My goodness. So you were in Nigeria even before they discovered oil? Oh, yes. I was in 65. Wow. That was the year I was born. That was the year I was born. That was when they were making preparations for our independence in 1966. So you're from Accra? Yeah, from Accra. Actually, my aunt seems to be in America. She's a Ghanaian. And her name is Nana. Okay. She's a Ghanaian. Yeah, she's a Ghanaian. They're both women. They call her the Queen. I forgot where exactly she's from. But Nana and Ali, they were my staff. That was so nice. So I'm so glad to have met you. Okay. Good to see you too. Welcome. Are you also from Ghana? No. She's from Kenya. Oh, you're from Kenya? Yeah. Sorry. I love you. But you know, they look so Ghanaian, right? Yes. My sisters. I live here. You live here? Yes. But I was in the UK originally. Oh, wow. Nice to meet you. So I have, what, 18% Nigerian. I did my DNA test. Oh, really? That's 18% Nigerian. No. Sorry. 27% Nigerian. 18% Ghanaian. So, hey! That's African. That's African. How are you? Yeah. How are you? I'm good. Welcome to Barbados. Wow. I'm here with this wife. Hi, wife. How are you? Good to see you. I just to see you. I saw your way on cruise. I saw your way on cruise. It's good to see you. Yeah. Good. I've been following you. Wow. Of course I've been following you. And everything that you all have been posting. Thank you. You're actually Dad. You're at the Tobago. I've been following you. Wow. So this is the place to be. Yeah, exactly. That's why I'm here today. This is the place to be. Why is this place the place to be? Why is it to be? Every year, it's a tradition. It's a Barbados tradition to come to Queen's Park. And it's something that the older generations love to do. Come to Queen's Park. Dress up. Love fancy. And I don't know if you saw up your dress up to there. Very, very fancy. You didn't see anyone dress up. Hi, how are you, my sweet darling? Good to see you. Good to see you. Did you see anyone dress up to there? Fancy. I'm here to enter. Good. So we're ready to Christmas in the park. And before we enter, I can see that it's going to be a very vibrant event. It's not like an event. It's more like people coming together. To just have Christmas in the park. And it's exciting to experience this for the first time though. It's so cool. I've never seen anything like this before. And the fact that you've seen both the younger and the older generation at one place. I know. I wonder if other countries also have things like this going on. I think we should take this culture back to the model. You don't think so? 100% man. We can't do it. But before we take you guys in there, there's a church service that we want to attend because we always want to start this day way. With God. So yeah, come along with us. And subscribe to our channels if you haven't already. Make sure you like this video. Can we get 20,000 videos in the way of wishing us a Merry Christmas? 20,000 videos. Did I say 20,000 videos or 20,000 likes? 20,000 likes. Alright. So that is the church place. It's called the Barberos Table Tennis Center. Huh? The Table Tennis Center has been converted into a church. I'm sure the pastor is a Ghanaian. I trust me. The pastor is a Ghanaian. Let me get there and I will let you know. Because in Ghana, we convert everything to church. The school, everything. Oh my goodness. The service is over. Yes. Oh my goodness. Oh, truly. Yes. That's truly. Yeah. Yeah. Ah, pleased to meet you. Nice to meet you. Oh my goodness. Please come in. No. Oh my goodness. Are you a pastor? I am. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. Oh my goodness. The service is over. How? Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. Happy Shapo. If you don't know what a Fischapo is, what is a Fischapo? Is it Merry Christmas or Happy New Year? Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Yes. Oh my goodness. So if you come to me, when it comes to end of the year, a Fischapo. Yes. A good year, end of something like I think. Yes. So more like end of new year. Right. A Fischapo. Yes. Wow. Good to see you. Oh, so some introductions are in order. So this is Mr. Kovina Behto Akun. Otherwise known as Mr. Ghana Baby. Otherwise known as Woody Maya. Wow. And this is his wife, Mrs. Trudy Akun. Oh. The two of them, I don't want to say YouTube stars. I feel like that's like a demotion. Yes. They are a conic list of contemporary African culture. Wow. That intro deserves a round of applause now. Wow. Oh my goodness. This is my wife. Hi. Hello. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you. This is Abisola. Abisola. Abisola from Nigeria? Yes. She's a medical student here. Oh, okay. Oh, wow. And you met Elizabeth? Yes. She is the high-five in the house. Hi. This is Deborah. Hi, Deborah. How are you? Paulie. Paulie is lost to them from Belize who's part of our channel. Oh, Belize. I can't wait to visit. This is Pastor Priest. He's an Australian from Jamaica. Oh, wow. Walk on. Walk on. Oh, and now there's Mr. Stephen. Mr. Stephen. Yes. Nice to meet you all. Wow. I can't believe that the church is over because I live far away from here. Oh, yes. Our son David. David, how are you? Yeah. Good to see you. David, do you speak 3? Yeah. Do you speak 3? I'm just saying. No. That's it. Yeah. Nice tree. Christmas Day service is usually just about an hour, an hour and a half, and we do start earlier than usual. Wow. Yeah, so that's it. Yeah. Because I was telling the driver I really want to go for the Christmas service. And he's like, okay, I'm going to come and pick you up. I almost started to 45 minutes away from here. Yeah, the window. Since Phillips. Yeah, yeah. Yeah, since Phillips. So it's quite far. Yeah. We're doing like that. I mean, I'm a big admirer of your work. Okay, yeah. And even looking at the past couple of years, if you look at the very first videos that you were putting out, I mean, and you look at now, it's like you've been a short period of time. It's like, and that shows someone who has devoted a lot of time into his craft. Yeah. And we're all very proud of you and what you're doing. Thank you. Yeah. Wow. You know, when you meet man of God like that, you just have to go on your knees and ask for prayers. And I do that everywhere I go to. So it's more like a tradition. I think I met Pastor Appenton in Tobago and he prayed for me. So since I'm here, the tradition must go into it. So I mean, I go on my knees. I'm sorry, Pastor. Like this is... Yeah, I can go on my knees too. The hams are actually real. Yeah. Heavenly Father, I pray for Coppina. I pray, Lord, that as you have started with him, I pray for Coppina. Hey! I'm really enjoying this part of Africa. Whether they like it or not for me, this is Africa for me. It has been declared already by the African Union as the sister region of Africa. Yeah. So you're actually in Africa. Wow. Oh, you didn't know that? I didn't know. We didn't know. You didn't know? We didn't know. So we call it the sister region. So we have the north, south, east and west and the central of Africa. And all the Caribbean countries are the sister region of Africa. So we call it the African diaspora, which they have their own flag that represent in the African Union office and all of that. So yeah. So I'm still in Africa for me. So like Africa is the free travel? Yeah, because when you're going to Africa, you don't need visas. It's just the connection. You have to pass through the UK or Netherlands. That's why. But going to Africa, there is a direct flight. Because I didn't apply for visa to go to Africa. All the countries that I've been to, I don't need visas. Yeah. So the Christmas in the park thing is a long-standing tradition. What happens is that on Christmas day after church service, people would come to the park in their findery to show up and to also admire the people. And it was even a lot more big back in the day when people could barely afford nice clothes. So at least once a year, you get to wear your nice clothes for Christmas day and then you come to show. And it seems it's like that, even back in the house because most of us, we get new clothes during Christmas. Yeah, we get new clothes on Christmas day. But I feel like it's so big because there is a car park where everybody has actually parked their cars and coming in here to... I mean, take photos. I don't know what happens there until I get in there. So come along and... Man of God, thank you so much. Thank you so much. I appreciate you so much. Thank you. I appreciate you. All right. This is beautiful. Just see all the melanin representing them right in here. Ah, there you are. Okay, there you are. I love your suit. Hi. Merry Christmas. You from Congo? No. Where are you from? From Barbaris. Oh my goodness. You dress like a Congolese, man. Are you aware that you dress like Congolese? So in Congo, they wear exactly the same suit that you wear in the same dressing. Look at that. Damn. Hi. Can we take a photo together, three of us? Because I feel like you guys are representing the continent. You guys, have you been to the motherland? No. You've not been to the motherland? You've not been to Africa yet? No. Never. You're looking for where to visit? One of these days. One of these days. Can I tell you something? Like your outfit? Yeah. If you are from... If you are in Africa, I might think you are Congolese. Yeah. Because it's the same culture. Yeah. Same style. How do you feel being here? I am very excited. It's such a beautiful experience. Very new. Never seen anything like this before. So I am thrilled. You look lovely. Thank you. Wow. I love the feather on your heart. You look good. Thanks. Oh wow. Have a good day. Oh my goodness. Have a good day. Wow. Nice to see you. How old are you? 96. 96? My goodness. 96 and stronger. I love your outfit. Wow. Look at that. He's 96 years old. 96 years old. What is that one thing that has kept you going for 96 years? It's fantastic. I mean, an electrician should claim a lot of polls. An electrician should claim a lot of polls. Oh wow. He's an electrician and he's been climbing a lot of polls. So the polls makes him stronger. Yes. Wow. Wow. That's awesome. Nice to meet you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. I love it here. Yeah. Oh my goodness. He's 96 years old. You amazed? Yes. Today's my birthday. Today's your birthday. Can I sing for you? Yes. Thank you. I'm going to sing for you. I got a best voice in the whole world. Yes. Thank you. Can we all sing for her? Yes. Can we all sing for her? Yes. Can we all sing for her? Yes. Happy birthday to all of you. You love me. YouTube. On your cheese. Yes. I'm going to hide it on YouTube. Yes. I love the place. Nice to meet you. Yes. It's a pleasure. Pleasure. And you look good. I've been walking for years now. For years. For years I've been walking for years. Wow. Thank you. You're very welcome. Now we're going to subscribe again. No. Again. Oh hi. How are you? I'm a baby. I'm meeting a Ghanaian. Oh wow. This lady here is the manager of pirates. Send my daughter. Hi. Hi. How are you? Are you the guy who's in Rwanda sitting in the gutter? I'm the one. My goodness. Yes. So my uncle follows you. I actually message you. I never heard about you. I invited you to come to Barbados. I said I'll find you a accommodation. I told you come to Barbados. So I'm very happy. Nice meeting you. Nice meeting you. Nice meeting you. I'll see you again. I'll see you again. I'll take up my invitation but I'm so happy to have you here. You sent an invitation. I did. I sent you an email. No. I'm here. I've accepted an email. Let me tell you something interesting. I don't know if you've noticed. Within the city of Barbados, you will see Christmas trees everywhere. And all the Christmas trees represent a country in Africa. No. Not a country in Africa. A country in the world. And I'm so happy to see that the country right opposite of me is an African country. Burundi. Look at that. Are you from Burundi? Wow. Look at that. So it's not just writing Burundi. They educate people about Burundi. So this is the currency of Burundi. The people of Burundi. The national animal of Burundi. It's more like educating people about every country in the world. And excited to see that this waterfall in Burundi, I have been there before. So it's exciting to see what is really happening in here. I would love to take this flag and then wave it up. But I can't touch it. I'm honored to meet you, my brother. It's an honor to meet you too, man. I'm good. Yeah, and maybe you will be walking together. I was in Tobago and I heard you just left. You came the previous day. The boat you went to the forest where you made that video. Yeah. I went with that guy too. He was telling me about it. I'm telling you. Where are you from? I'm from Nigeria. Wow. Thank you. Good to see you, man. I love your aunt. Thank you. And your Ghana map right on your neck. I'm saying Ghana map, African map. We have to show our people the culture. Anywhere we go, we advertise ourselves. Exactly. Because I look around and there's not much culture around the Caribbean. So this is one way of advertising ourselves. Our people ask questions and then we start talking. That's the only way we can unite ourselves. That's beautiful, man. For the honor to meet you, my brother. Thank you for all you do. You're doing an amazing job in the community. And you're exposing Africa to the world. A lot of people watch these videos and they have no idea. But with your videos, people are seeing and they are visiting. We have a lot of Ghanians. Yeah. You also, Enes? Yes, please. Oh, wow. Are you part of the first or second batch? Second batch. Please, someone wants to see me. Someone wants to see me. You're his favorite. Masa. Hi, Mami. Yeah. How are you? I'm fine. Wow. I'm fine. Good to be here. I've got a friend. I've got a lot of friends. That's amazing. How old are you? I'm 87. 87? Yeah. Wow. He's so strong. Thank you. That's amazing. You look so beautiful. Thank you very much. You look nice too. Thank you. Thank you. This is your friend. That's my wife. You're my best friend. Yeah. Yeah. You look so much better. Thank you. Beautiful wife. Thank you. You look like a nice couple. Oh, rings. He's asking where are the rings? Oh, where are the rings? Where are the rings? Biggs? You don't always wear rings. Yeah. You don't always wear rings. You know? You know? I'm from Ghana. Ghana? Africa. From Africa. You know about Africa? I hear about it, but it's never been. It's never been. It's a beautiful place. Yeah. It's a very beautiful place. It's amazing. It's amazing. They're not so beautiful. What? Okay. I live in the United States from the Barbados. Oh, okay. I am from Ghana. Uh-huh. I want to visit Ghana. You got to give me some interesting points about Ghana. No, you have to visit us. Yeah, I have to. Yeah. I would love to. I always talk about it with my family. You got to go to Africa somewhere. Why do you want to go to Africa? That's where our ancestors are from. That's where our ancestors are from. So I want to see where my... Maybe I got some lineage over there. Yeah. I never know. Nice. Wow. Thank you. Our ancestors came here to slay us. Yeah. We are still the generations of... We're down, you know. Yeah. So I want to go back. I want to go to Africa. I've never been there. People talk about it. I see you on YouTube all the time. So it's nice to see you. In person. In person. Yeah. Welcome to Africa any day, any time. Yes. I love your African clothes. I'm from Ghana. Ghana. Yeah. You won the last year. You won the last year. I just came back from Malawi. Malawi. And... Oh my goodness. Nigeria. Nigeria. Thank you so much. And thanks for watching. My name is Maya. Maya. Maya. I do videos about Africa. Trying to connect Africans in Africa with Africans in the diaspora. You ate with your hand in Africa? Yes. Was it your first time eating with your hand? Yes. And how did you feel listening with your hand? I started to say the food is the sweetest. I didn't like the dish in Malawi. It was kind of like the... In Seema? Seema. Yeah. I really enjoyed that. Roll it up. So when you use your hand, the food tastes better. They told me that the food is taste better. Because of the different things. We have to really touch. We made it back home. We are here to rest. And we'll go out again in the afternoon. But I just want to say Merry Christmas to you all once again. You don't have gifts for me? No. Why? Are you not for the Christmas? No. You don't have anything in your bag? No. Come on bro. Give me something. I'll take your mask if you don't give me. We just got here and apparently my hotel is even more lit. I'm dressed up like I'm going to the beach because that is the main intention of going to the beach. But apparently we have to stop by in someone's house to experience Christmas in a local Beijing home. I have to say hello to everyone. Nice to meet you. My name is Maya from Ghana. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. This side. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Enjoy your food. Christmas meal made with rice and green pigeon peas. Is it like friends and family meeting? Friends and family here. Oh okay. Not a restaurant. Not a restaurant. So I can walk in and come and eat and go back home. Absolutely. I think... It's over there. We wish you a Merry Christmas. We wish you a Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. Jingle bells. Jingle bells.